Comparison

PiaBookPlayer vs GEWA Piano Remote

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PiaBookPlayer

This app displays musical scores from built-in lesson songs and practice pieces on Kawai digital pianos. It allows users to view scores, listen to playback through the instrument, and utilize features like phrase repetition and hands-free page turning via pedals.

Highlights
  • View musical scores
  • Listen to built-in songs
  • Digital score viewer
  • Repeat phrase function
  • Hands-free page turning
  • Bluetooth MIDI connectivity
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"PiaBookPlayer" is a musical score display app for Kawai digital pianos. It allows you to view the notated scores of the many lesson songs and practise pieces built into the digital piano, and listen to them playing back through the instrument. [*] *^ Music playback requires the digital piano be connected to an iPhone/iPad. ・View various lesson song scores Access high quality music scores for the wide variety of lesson songs/practise pieces built into Kawai's digital pianos. ・Listen to built-in songs easily Select the lesson song/practise piece you wish to listen to using the familiar music player app interface. ・Digital musical score viewer Transform your iPad or iPhone into a digital musical score viewer, allowing immediate access to hundreds of professionally created scores. ・Repeat phrase function feature Tap a bar on the score to specify the play position or playing range.  Once the start and stop points are set, the passage will repeat continuously until stopped. ・Hands-free page turning using pedals Turn pages of the musical score using the sostenuto or soft pedals, allowing players to concentrate on their performance. ・Bluetooth MIDI connectivity PiaBookPlayer takes advantage of the wireless Bluetooth MIDI feature built into many Kawai digital pianos, allowing players to enjoy listening to classical pieces and viewing their musical scores from the comfort of an armchair. ■ Included lesson songs/practise pieces Beyer 106 (Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Opus 101) Burgmüller 25 (25 Etudes Faciles, Opus 100) Czerny 100 (Hundert Übungsstücke, Opus 139) Czerny 30 (Etudes de Mécanisme, Opus 849) Sonatinen Album 1 J.S. Bach: Inventionen Chopin Walzer (Chopin waltzes series) Chopin Etudes (Opus 10) ■ Compatible models Please check our website. www.kawai-global.com/piabookplayer

About

GEWA Piano Remote

Control your GEWA digital piano with this app. Define favorite sounds, adjust effects, and save custom settings. Access a sound library, lesson function, and recording capabilities.

Highlights
  • Favorite sound and effect presets
  • Infinite split and layer combinations
  • Sound library browsing
  • Lesson function with practice pieces
  • Demo song player
  • 4-track recording
  • Virtual Piano Technician settings
Features
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The GEWA Piano Remote App is the smart control for your GEWA digital piano. With the GEWA Piano Remote App, you can define your favorite sounds, adjust effects as well as the metronome and save them in predefined favorite slots and recall them at any time – even without an existing app connection! Other features include: Infinite split- and layer combinations. With the GEWA Piano remote App you can now create and save as many split- and layer combinations as you like. Depending on the connected instrument, you have two or three layers at your disposal. You can also easily place these combinations on one of your favorite slots. Sound Library Scroll quickly and easily through the sound library of your GEWA digital piano. Lesson function With the Lesson function, you can choose from a constantly growing library of practice pieces. You can play these pieces as a play-along song and practice for example left and right hand separately. Demo Songs / Song-Player Play internal demo songs directly from your digital piano or USB device. Recorder With the GEWA Piano Remote App, you can record and play up to 4 pieces with your left and right hand separately. Metronom Use the built-in metronome and set metronome presets for each of your favorite sounds. Virtual Piano Technician With the Virtual Piano Technician, you can adjust various settings on GEWA digital piano such as Hammer tip, Half Pedal Value, Una Corda Level, Touch Curves, Tunings, Transpositions, or even fine-tune the keyboard behavior via the User Key Calibration.

Screenshots

PiaBookPlayer4 screens
GEWA Piano Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GEWA Piano Remote at every 2 months against PiaBookPlayer's every 5 months. GEWA Piano Remote also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 23%). PiaBookPlayer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PiaBookPlayer ships an update every 5 months, GEWA Piano Remote every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PiaBookPlayer versus GEWA Piano Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiaBookPlayerGEWA Piano Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.GEWA music GmbH

Customer experience

PiaBookPlayer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative72.7%

GEWA Piano Remote

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

PiaBookPlayer

No in-app purchases

None

GEWA Piano Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PiaBookPlayer free?
PiaBookPlayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GEWA Piano Remote free?
GEWA Piano Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PiaBookPlayer or GEWA Piano Remote have ads?
Neither PiaBookPlayer nor GEWA Piano Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PiaBookPlayer or GEWA Piano Remote?
PiaBookPlayer ships an update every 5 months, and GEWA Piano Remote every 2 months. Most recently, PiaBookPlayer was updated on November 3, 2026 and GEWA Piano Remote on November 3, 2026.

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